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1. Universality
What Is Literature? It appeals to everyone regardless of culture, race,
• The word literature is derived from the latin word sex, and time which are considered significant.
“litera” which means letter or words.
• Literature is the total of preserved writings/spoken 2. Permanence
words belonging to a given language or people. It endures across time and draws out the time factor:
• Literature interprets the meanings of nature and life TIMELINESS, occurring at a particular time, and
(thoughts, emotions/feelings) in words of charm and TIMELESSNESS, remaining invariably throughout
power, touched with the personality of the author, in time.
artistic forms of permanent interests.
• Literature expresses significant human experiences. 3. Artistry
• Literature can generally be divided into two types: ( It has an aesthetic appeal to everyone and thus
based on structure and based on content) possesses a sense of beauty.
7. Style
It presents peculiar ways on how man sees life as
evidenced by the formation of his ideas, forms,
structures, and expressions which are marked by
their memorable substance.
Literary Devices
- refers to the typical structures used by writers in their
works to convey his or her message(s) in a simple
manner to his or her readers.
BASED ON CONTENT - Literary Devices have two aspects. They can be
1. Fiction or “literature of power” treated as either Literary Elements or Literary
✔ Myths Techniques.
✔ poems
✔ short stories Literary Elements have an inherent existence in literary
piece and are extensively employed by writers to develop
✔ novels
a literary piece.
✔ Plays
2. Non-fiction or “literature of knowledge”
1. Plot
✔ Biographies 2. Setting
✔ News 3. Protagonist
4. Antagonist Examples:
5. Point of View a. The room was dark and gloomy. -The words
6. Conflict “dark” and “gloomy” are visual images.
7. Mood b. The river was roaring in the mountains. – The
8. Tone word “roaring” appeals to our sense of hearing.
9. Theme
7. Simile And Metaphor
Both compare two distinct objects and draws similarity
Literary Techniques are structures usually a word s or between them.
phrases in literary texts that writers employ to achieve not The difference is that Simile uses “as” or “like” and
merely artistic ends but also readers a greater Metaphor does not.
understanding and appreciation of their literary works. Examples:
a. “My love is like a red rose” (Simile)
1. Symbolism b. He is an old fox very cunning. (Metaphor)
It refers to using an object or action that means something
more than its literal meaning. 8. Personification:
Examples: attribution of human qualities to something that is non-
a. Pink - the fight against breast cancer human like objects and animals.
b. The Statue of Liberty – freedom Example:
c. Roses stand for romance a. The flowers are dancing beside the lake.
b. Have you seen my new car? She is a real beauty!
2. Flashback c. My clock yelled at me in the morning.
- tells an interjected scene of the story that takes it back
in time from the current point in the story and often used 9. Hyperbole
to tell the events that happened before another important It is deliberate exaggeration of actions and ideas for the
event sake of emphasis.
Example:
3. Flash Forward a. I’m so sad that I’m drowning in tears!
- tells a scene that takes the narrative to a future time from b. I have got a million issues to look after!
the current point of the story
INTERNAL CONFLICTS
The two remaining types of conflicts are internal – ones
that happen inside the character’s mind or heart.